Blanco co-founder and CFO, Bernadette Wijnings, is mentioned in an article by EU-Startups about women who are stimulating change in Dutch fintech. In the year 2020, there is still discussion about the role of women in technology, …

Blanco continues to grow and improve, even in the time of COVID-19 and all the challenges it poses. Blanco’s CEO Joost Walgemoed reveals the developments and plans for the coming months. We work hard and continuously improve, hoping …

From the 12th of June, Blanco’s onboarding street will be linked to the AIRS Suite for natural persons. This means that AIRS will be added as a processor for the data obtained during the onboarding process. Until now there was only a …

We have recently added a new feature to the professional portal and the client file: the risk classification. Based on the data collected and relevant risk factors taken into account, the professional user can classify the client in a …

Recently it has become possible to leave comments and notes in the professional portal during the onboarding process and in the client file. This can be useful, for example, if a hit is found on a PEP list but is a false positive. The …

Manouk Fles has been involved with Blanco almost since the start. She first worked as Head Legal & Compliance at Blanco and has been Chief Legal & Compliance Officer since January 2020. We spoke to her via Zoom to find out more …

As part of our continuous improvement of processes, we discovered that at the end of the onboarding there was some confusion among clients about the next step. The client was already able to sign, but in practice this step was not yet …

You can now open an individual account in a child’s name. This is useful, for example, if a client wants to build up assets for the study of his or her child. These children’s accounts are available both in the prospect portal and the …

For the past two years we have been using the FIX interface live with a number of custodian banks. We are delighted to say that the overall reaction has been very positive. The two biggest improvements we have seen in using FIX are the …

More and more wealth and asset managers are using the latest version of the AIRS client portal to provide information to their clients. In the previous versions of the portal, the possibilities were limited to offering a report archive, …

Now that AIRS has been taken over by Blanco, the integration is the next step. In an earlier interview with both founders (which you can read here) we already discussed the joining of forces of Blanco and AIRS. Although we have already …

Blanco’s onboarding module makes the onboarding process a lot faster. But there was one more part that didn’t go that fast. Wealth and asset managers had to request documents by e‑mail from their clients. Not very efficient. We changed …

We’ve recently taken a closer look at our KYC suite, to see how we could make onboarding even more customer friendly. There are already many settings that can be adjusted by the wealth and asset manager to optimize the customer …

As the world is aware, COVID-19 is spreading and strict measures are being taken to limit the pandemic. Blanco wishes those infected by the virus a speedy recovery. For those affected by the measures taken to contain the disease, we …

Theo Nout, founder of AIRS, has been the COO of Blanco since January 2020. He tells how AIRS was born, how it grew into a market leader in the field of portfolio management and why he believes that the acquisition of AIRS is so good for …

Up until this moment, the ID check during the onboarding phase is done by uploading an ID and taking a selfie. Unfortunately, this isn’t ideal, because someone with bad intentions could hold someone else’s portrait picture in front of …

During the onboarding on the Blanco platform, you can have your clients digitally sign documents with a legally valid digital signature. This is facilitated by the ​‘Evidos’ software solution: leading technology for digital …

Blanco can look back on a beautiful year. By taking over AIRS, Blanco ended up in the scale-up phase in one fell swoop. This is a good moment to look ahead to the coming year with Joost Walgemoed, Blanco’s CEO.

Bastiaan de Ruiter recently became Blanco’s new CTO. Bastiaan studied computer science in Delft and then gained experience at McKinsey and de Volksbank in IT, strategy and risk management and in everything that comes with it. At Blanco …

Onboarding companies is actually quite complicated in our software. All kinds of questions are asked to ensure that you get a clear financial picture of a company. This is often confusing and time-consuming. That’s why we’ve replaced …

Our customers asked us whether we could incorporate their own marketing tools into our software. But of course everyone has different wishes. To make sure that all our clients can still get their specific marketing tools, we added …

Do you already know about our status page? This useful page displays all scheduled software releases and updates. Additionally, this page shows the uptime of all our software. This way you can constantly see if the software is working …

Hatim is the CEO of ABN Amro subsidiary Franx: the startup that offers SMEs a digital platform for currency transactions and international payments. The onboarding and KYC process is a notorious ​‘drop out’ moment for potential clients …

Paul Kramer is co-owner of Index Capital Asset Management, a pioneer in the field of Index investing in the Netherlands. This Breda asset manager is one of Blanco’s first hour clients. The reason: ​“We share the same vision: in asset …

Pieter Aartsen is, as we speak, busy setting up Knox: the very first independent custody institution for and by wealth- and asset managers themselves. Knox is going to use Blanco as a technology platform. ​“In fact, without Blanco there …

First and foremost, Blanco develops a banking platform for asset managers. But other financial institutions, such as large banks or other fintech companies, are also starting to show interest in our KYC suite. And for a reason: KYC (the …

Blanco has been active in the Benelux for some time now. The innovative KYC and banking platform that Blanco offers here, has not gone unnoticed. On 12 December we won the third prize at the Fintech Junction Award for the best European …

From a compliance point of view, you need to be able to demonstrate that you know exactly what the structure of your business client is. That’s why we’ve developed a useful feature that allows you to simply upload an image of an …

We have implemented a more advanced KvK (Dutch Chamber of Commerce) data link in our KYC Suite, which gives you much more information about a company. In addition to the KvK number, RSIN number, company name, and address, we now also …

You can now automatically return the documents signed by you and your client to your client: people like to receive such a confirmation of the agreement right away. Of course, you can also include your own accompanying email text: …

We have implemented a new, innovative ID verification tool, which makes ID verification much faster and easier, but still super secure and compliant. For example, your clients can now verify themselves by making a selfie and uploading …

It may finally be announced: Blanco and AIRS — the current market leader in the Netherlands in the field of portfolio management and back-office support for wealth- and asset managers, join forces by continuing together, whereby Blanco …

Many of our professional customers and their clients found our risk tolerance test difficult to interpret. Therefore, with the help of a UX/UI specialist, we conducted extensive research in May of this year, which led to an enormous …

We’d like to introduce you to Robin ten Hoope (47) — our new man who, among other things, will ensure better coordination between the wishes of our clients and the focus of our developers. Robin also brings a wealth of experience in the …

The Dutch TV show ​’Nederland maakt het’ (Trans: ​‘Created in The Netherlands’) recently visited Blanco. The reason: the establishment of Knox — the first fully independent depository institution, founded by and for asset managers. Blanco …

On November 28th we will introduce a new dashboard for the Prospect Portal. The new design guides your clients better where and how to start. Below a large screenshot of the Prospect Portal, to give you an impression of what soon will …

Asset management is relationship management. That’s why our platform, in our Client Onboarding module, now offers the possibility to send personal welcome emails to your clients, in your own house style. This is of course friendly and …

Sprout Challenger50 of 2019: the list of fifty most challenging, innovative and fast-growing companies in the Netherlands. These entrepreneurs develop new markets and turn existing business models upside down.

Have we got news for you: a group of independent wealth- and asset managers have set up their own custodian institution in The Netherlands, and it’s called: Knox. Knox helps them to gain access to the necessary and obligatory services …

At Blanco, we love to create win-win situations: a collaboration which ultimately benefits everyone. Recently, we’ve partnered with Evidos: a company enabling online document signing. (Nice to know: Evidos is an abbreviation of …

Our banking platform has built-in connections with about 60 banks. All transactions take place via these connections. In this way, the portfolios on our platform are always in line with reality and this way we can deliver daily reports. …

Fintech startup Blanco launches the first all-in-one banking platform for asset managers in Europe. The platform has been developed to completely relieve both small and large asset managers: the entire asset management cycle is …

Finally, our time has come: the complete wealth and asset management platform as we imagined it at the start of Blanco in 2015, is now live! All modules that automate the complete wealth and asset management cycle are up & running. …

Our complete banking platform, as we envisioned it at the start of Blanco in 2015, is finally live! Read our press release here. Note that at Blanco, we’re working according to the agile development method. That means our platform is …

Blanco, the startup that develops an all-in-one technology platform for asset managers, raised € 2 million in a second financing round to roll out their Digital Asset Management Platform in general and to accelerate the roll-out of …

AMSTERDAM, September 20, 2018 – Fintech Blanco recently appointed BeLux CEO Koen Vanderhoydonk. Subsequently, Blanco has now opened an office in Brussels. From there a dedicated team will serve Belgian and Luxembourg wealth and asset …

Amsterdam, April 202018 – Blanco, a B2B fintech start-up, raised € 2 million from investors Volta Ventures and KBC Start it Fund. Blanco wants to continue to grow in the Benelux and opts emphatically for these investors because of …

AMSTERDAM, December 11, 2017 – Blanco supports asset managers such as investment firms, investment institutions and (private) banks with scalable solutions based on the latest technology on the one hand and on the other hand shares …

Amsterdam, December 8, 2017 – Never before did asset managers have the possibility to register customers with an iPad. With the unique Blanco app, wealth & asset managers are no longer tied to their computer for the registration of …

AMSTERDAM, September 5, 2017 – Blanco supports asset managers such as investment firms, investment institutions and (private) banks with knowledge on one hand and scalable innovative solutions for asset accumulation based on …

Asset & wealth management, investment firms and funds are increasingly dealing with tougher regulations and the critical involvement of regulators, also regarding their internal IT procedures. Asset managers must prove they are in …

Last Wednesday June 28, the presentation of the ​‘FinTech Luxembourg Awards 2017’ took place in Luxembourg city: after a strict selection from 168 international candidates, the best 14 international FinTech companies were competing for …

The new Blanco product – a Know-Your-Customer (KYC) tool – was built as a prototype with input from Blanco customers and scientist Prof. Dr. Marcel van Assen – which will now join the Blanco team – and will be available mid-August. …

An Innovative product, management strength, and 20 other criteria have led to a final position in the Red Herring Top 100 Europe award; an international, prestigious award for private technology ventures. This was announced during the …

Blanco – a Fintech and services company – is the first to launch a digital client intake (client-onboarding) module for asset managers in The Netherlands. This module will save asset managers a considerable amount of time, increase …

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